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Calendar modern french food, local and organic ingredients, and scratch cocktails open daily for lunch, dinner and weekend brunch hours Monday through Saturday 11:30 am to 10:00 pm Sunday 11:30 am to 9:00 pm Brunch Saturday and Sunday 11:30 am to 3:00 pm 2864 Willamette/next to market of choice After you hike and garden this weekend, head inside for some theater! The Very Little Theatre’s Humble Boy (pictured) opens Friday, May 29, and the Lord Leebrick’s Suicide Weather (by Oregon’s Man in New York, Jeff Whitty) continues through Sunday. Both are community partners of the Earth Matters On Stage festival, which continues through Sunday. Friday’s discussions and performances focus on indigenous peoples, and there are two more performances each of the lovely Song of Extinction and the moving Atomic Farmgirl. Tix for VLT at 344-7751; the Leebrick at lordleebrick.com and 465-1506; the ecodrama fest www.uoregon,edu/~ecodrama and 346-4363. FOOD/DRINK Kitchen Creations: Foods of Mexico, 9am- 2pm, OSU Extension Service-Lane County, 950 West 13th. $30 (lunch $ recipe booklet). GATHERINGS Function 4 Junction car show, 8am-4pm show n’ shine, 6-9pm cruise, Downtown, Junction City. FREE. Outdoor, unrated chess tourna- ment, 10am-2pm, EMU east lawn, UO. $5. Willagillespie Community Celebra- tion. 10am, Barnes & Noble. FREE. Saturday Market, 10am-5pm, w/ entertainment by Janet Naylor, 10an; Saturday Market Youth Music Showcase, 11am; David G, noon; LCC Faculty Jazz Band, 2pm; Big Roy & the Twigs, 3:30pm; Park Blocks, 8th & Oak. www.eu- genesaturdaymarket.org FREE. Learn to use Blogger, RSS, Bloglines, or Google Reader, 10am-noon, Downtown Library. 682-5450 (press 2). FREE. H 2 Oregon Test Drive the Future, 11:45am-2:00pm, Autzen Stadium, Parking Lot 4. FREE. Sponsors transitional housing center groundbreaking ceremo- ny, noon, north of V&E Tires, west side of Hwy 99, north of Roosevelt Blvd. FREE. Peace & Collective Action: Connecting Hope to Change, noon- WWW.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM • BLOGS.EUGENEWEEKLY.COM 7pm, Registration: 12-12:15pm reigs.; 12:15-1:45pm Democracy Unlimited; 1:45-2pm spoken word; 2-3:30pm Seed Ambassadors; 3:30-3:45pm spoken word; 3:45-5:15pm David Solnit PM; 5:30-7pm. Cozmic Pizza. www.lan- ecc.edu.peacecenter $20-30 slid- ing scale, $10-$20 stu. Mt. Pisgah Arboretum volunteer potluck, bring food, plate, uten- sils, 5-8pm, White Oak Pavilion, Mt. Pisgah. FREE. Clothing4All.com’s Sock It 2 Me Contest, wear crazy outfi t, free socks & soccer balls, take photo, make video, 2pm, Regional Sports Center, Spfd. www.clothing4all. com Win $200, FREE. phone 541.343.8226 Taste of India Buffet Lunch Special $7.99 all you can eat. 7 days a week. ✪ Voted Best Buffet -Eugene Weekly Readers ✪ Voted Best Indian Restaurant -Eugene Weekly Readers Special thanks Eugene for your continued support! Sunday Dinner Buffet Special $10.99 all you can eat (children’s prices vary) Student Lunch Buffet Special $4.99 (to go only) Catering available • Full menu available to go • Delivery through Pony Express 2495 Hilyard St. • Eugene, OR 97405 • ph & fax (541) 485-9698 • ph only (541) 485-9560 EUGENE WEEKLY MAY 28, 2009 13